DP World India Championship: Day two digest

It was tight at the top, Pepperell and Hillier made big moves, Sharma delighted the home fans and it was puppy love for Fleetwood on day two of the DP World India Championship.

Here is everything you need to know from Delhi Golf Club.

Tight at the top

Angel Hidalgo, Joost Luiten and Adrian Meronk shared the clubhouse lead at the top of a congested leaderboard after day two. We were playing catch up after nearly five hours were lost to storms on on day one but conditions were perfect as some players faced 36 holes on Friday. Luiten played the most of the leaders as he tackled 34 holes in six under par in rounds of 68-68 to get to eight under, while Meronk and Hidalgo both faced 31 holes. Meronk was five under through four at the end of Thursday but added just one more first-round birdie before following up with a 69, while Hidalgo joined Luiten with rounds of 68-68. Belgian Thomas Detry birdied three of his first six holes in round two to sit alongside the leaders, a shot clear of English pair Todd Clements and Eddie Pepperell. Eugenio Chacarra was also at seven under through five holes as he seeks a result which could send him to the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World on Sunday.

Pepperell thinking or scorecard not Tour card

Pepperell has had to go back to the Qualifying School three times in the last decade but despite entering the week 100th on the Race to Dubai Rankings, he is not letting that enter his mind this week. And the approach seems to be paying off after he carded rounds of 71-66 on Friday to enter the weekend just one off the lead. "Honestly I haven't really been thinking about that a great deal to be quite frank, and that's obviously a good thing," he said. "I've been there in the past and... I think back to 2016 when I had the horrendous finish and that felt quite crippling. So I'm not thinking about that, just trying to play good golf. And that's a bit of a cliché thing to say but it's the reality. And enjoy our time. The event is fantastic. We're staying on site, Jen and I, Jen is on the bag. We're really enjoying ourselves. Long may that continue."

Hillier on the climb after bounceback

Daniel Hillier is right in the hunt for dual membership with the PGA Tour after missing out by one spot last season and perofrmances like Friday's show why. He resumed his first round one over through six and three further bogeys by the 13th had him staring down the barrel of a missed cut. Two birdies then gave him some hope as he signed for a 74 before round two saw a total turnaround. The affable Kiwi made an eagle and six birdies to go ten shots better, card his lowest round of he season, the lowest round of the week and sit just two off the lead.

A big bird for the locals

Sharma was a winner on home soil last week and he was once again giving the home fans something to cheer on Friday. What a shot.

Right at it

Everyone was taking dead aim in the afternoon as first Meronk hit a flag.

Before Tom McKibbin got in on the act by hitting a pin.

Gone to the dogs

Long-haired, enthusiastic, friendly and loved by most - but that's enough about Tommy Feetwood. He had some four-legged friends watching him in round two.